Each year we honor the best and brightest at The American Lawyer Industry Awards, our annual event celebrating the most impressive legal work and the lawyers making it happen.

More than ever, the world requires both the legal acumen needed to navigate unprecedented issues, along with the creativity that can facilitate clients achieving their objectives. And so today we're opening up the nomination period for the Industry Awards, and inviting you and your firms and companies to tell us about the innovative work being done throughout the legal industry.

We've added new categories this year—Best Professional Development Initiative and International Law Firm of the Year. This year also sees the return of the biennial Law Firm Corporate Practices of the Year, with specialty categories Small/Midcap Deals, Health Care/Pharmaceutical, Tech/Telecom and Energy. In addition, we'll be accepting Corporate Lawyers of the Year nominations in these subcategories: subcategories: Private Client, M&A, Private Equity, Regulatory, Tax, Bankruptcy, Investment Funds.

(For overall tips on awards submissions from our editors, visit this link)

Submissions for the Industry Awards have been extended to June 24, 2014.

Submissions for the Law Firm Corporate Practices of the Year awards have been extended to July 3, 2024.

Firms are limited to two entries per category. We're now accepting submissions for the following categories:

  • Lifetime Achievement
  • Law Firm Distinguished Leader
  • Attorney of the Year
  • Managing Partner of the Year
  • Legal Services Innovation Award
  • Best Use of Technology
  • Best Client Law-Firm Team
  • Best Provider Collaboration
  • Best Business Team
  • Best Mentor: Law Firm
  • Best Professional Development Initiative
  • Young Lawyer of the Year (Litigation, Corporate, Beyond Practice)
  • Corporate Culture & Wellbeing
  • International Law Firm of the Year
  • Litigator of the Year
  • Law Firm of the Year
  • The Tony Mauro Award
  • National Boutique/Specialty Litigation Department of the Year
  • Law Firm Corporate Practices of the Year (due June 26)
  • Law Firm Corporate Practices of the Year: Specialty Categories (due June 26)
  • Law Firm Corporate Lawyer of the Year (due June 26)

Our Regional Litigation Departments of the Year awards have returned to publications of their respective regions. Please see here for upcoming deadlines of ALM's regional publication awards.

Click here to submit a nomination for The American Lawyer Industry Awards and Litigation Departments of the Year awards. If you would like to nominate a legal department or in-house lawyer for one of our Corporate Counsel Best Legal Departments of the Year contest categories, please click here for more information on those categories.